The Story of Snowflake 2

After last week’s blog, I know people are waiting with bated breath to hear what’s going on with Snowflake. Which is to say, the jury is still out.

The trainer from the Academy called this week to say that the dog seems to be making real progress. After last week’s grim phone call we had lost hope.

The first time our daughter turned on a television set in the dog’s presence, she freaked out. She had obviously never seen a television set because she was busy being a puppy factory rather than a family pet. It took our daughter fifteen minutes to corral the dog and get her into a car. My guess is that they only time she went for rides was to go to the vet. (If the only rides I went for were to go to see my doctor {much as I love Dr. Garrison Bliss of Qliance} I wouldn’t want to get in the car, either.)

The Academy for Canine Behavior says they’ve never had someone pick up a dog one day and bring it to them the next. Snowflake has evidently spent much of this week in the reception office, seeing countless people and dogs come and go. Socializing! Seeing how people and dogs work together. Yesterday her trainer took her for a ride, one with no vet visit at the other end.

In other words, Snowflake went to the Academy as a blank slate where they seem to be teaching her good things. My daughter and grandson will be making their first visit this afternoon. The trainer has suggested that they may try to bring her home for the weekend, so she can begin getting to know her place in their family.

This story may have a happy ending after all, and if it does, I will be posting photos. And if it does have a happy ending, maybe it will suggest a possible path for other people who pick up dogs in this kind of situation.